Beautiful Peasant Girl: The Young Marquis's Beloved

In fact, as soon as Mu Lingxuan came in, he saw two pots of lotus roots placed next to the pond.

Unlike the lotus in the pond, the flowers and leaves are all on tall branches, which is more pleasing to the eye than the lotus in the pond.

Only a few lotus roots survived, and the willow catkins were divided into four pots. In addition to the two pots beside the pond, there were two more pots outside the pavilion.

"How is it, Brother Huaijin, is my lotus root growing well?" Liu Xu was a little proud.

Those unscrupulous merchants are ruthless in order to raise the price of lotus roots. They buy so many lotus roots, but only a few have buds. I'm afraid they were accidentally missed.

"How did you do this? My mother bought a lot of seeds, but none of them sprouted. They said it was a problem with the water and soil." Mu Lingxuan asked curiously.

Liu Xu couldn't help but roll her eyes. "Don't listen to their nonsense. I'm sure those lotus seeds were tampered with. Lotus vegetables are actually very easy to grow. There are lotus roots... well, lotus roots, and lotus roots that are good to grow will do."

Liu Xu told Mu Lingxuan how she planted the lotus roots, including the fact that those people deliberately removed the buds on the lotus root nodes.

Although Mu Lingxuan was a little angry about this, he could understand it. After all, the jade festival of Yongze Prefecture has always been a tribute, and the so-called tribute is naturally the rarer and more precious it is. It is normal for those people to do this.

He was more curious about how Liu Xu knew that lotus root was grown from jade nodes, after all, everyone had always thought that it was grown from lotus seeds.

Moreover, he found that Liu Xu seemed to know a lot about planting things, especially these strange ones, she seemed to know how to do it.

Oh, and she had asked him to help find Yuyan before! That was also a specialty of Yongqing Prefecture. She had never been out of Yongshun Prefecture, so how could she know so many things outside.

Including the Zhenxiu Pavilion that they opened together, and the soup pots and braised meats inside. Although she said that they were handed down from the Xu family, why didn't the Xu family themselves use them?

Putting many things together, Mu Lingxuan became more and more shocked the more he thought about it. He felt that Liu Xu must have some secret, and that this secret was known to both the Liu and Xu families, and they were trying their best to keep it secret for her.

But he didn't ask more. He thought, maybe one day, Liu Xu would tell him. After all... they would be the closest people in the future.

Thinking of this, Mu Lingxuan's face began to turn red again, and was seen by Liu Xu who turned around.

"Brother Huaijin, are you hot? Why is your face red?"

"Well, it's okay, it should be caused by the sun!" It's strange, Mu Lingxuan is obviously a soldier, but his skin is whiter than other people. If you don't know him, you would think he is a spoiled young man.

Liu Xu looked up and saw that the sun was indeed high in the sky. She quickly told Huanxi to call Qiao Yun and the others back, saying that the two boys had delicate skin and they should be careful not to get sunburned.

He turned around and invited Mu Lingxuan into the open pavilion.

There was tea and snacks in the open pavilion that Huanxi had just prepared. Liu Xu took off her shoes and walked up. When Mu Lingxuan saw her, he hesitated for a while and then did the same.

Kneeling on the mat, Liu Xu picked up the teapot and poured a cup for Mu Lingxuan first, and then poured a cup for herself.

She didn't know how to brew tea or taste tea. Xu Ruolan thought she was still young, so she didn't teach her. So the tea at home was brewed and brought to her by the maids, and she just drank it gulply.

Mu Lingxuan saw that his young fiancée seemed to be very thirsty, so he drank one cup after another, and only stopped after drinking three cups in a row.

He thought about it and simply drank it in one gulp. If someone didn't know him, they would think he was drinking.

For example...Han Duoduo who is just returning from school.

"Young Senior Brother, you actually drink from teacups?"

Han Duoduo's voice almost made Mu Lingxuan spit out a mouthful of tea, but fortunately he had good self-control and swallowed the tea in his mouth. Then he gave Han Duoduo a cold look.

Han Duoduo also realized that she had misunderstood, so she shrank her neck and tried to slip away.

"Senior Sister, come here quickly! Here is tea. I'm just thirsty, so I drank it in a hurry." Liu Xu waved at Han Duoduo.

Han Duoduo wailed in her heart, walked forward reluctantly, took off her shoes, and knelt down next to the catkins.

"Didn't you help the master check everyone's results over the past two months? Why are you back?" Liu Xu asked curiously.

When Liu Xu asked this, Han Duoduo raised her shoulders and complained, "Stop talking about this. My mother just wanted me to be a monkey. She just asked them to do a set of boxing together. What's the point? She just wanted them to learn some fancy moves. Then my mother asked me to practice swordsmanship twice... The others just watched the fun from the sidelines!"

After saying that, Han Duoduo poured herself a glass of water and drank it in one gulp.

The appearance and posture are exactly the same as willow catkins.

Mu Lingxuan: ...Who learned this from whom?

"Maybe the master is going to teach them how to use the sword?"

"I guess! Anyway, they just need to learn the basics, and then they can deal with little hooligans in the future!" Han Duoduo shrugged, and then looked at Mu Lingxuan opposite her.

"Well, little brother, I'm sorry, I've never seen you drink tea like this, hehe."

Mu Lingxuan: ... "No problem, I follow the local customs."

Liu Xu was embarrassed and Han Duoduo wanted to slap herself.

"Oh, don't worry about the details! By the way, Brother Huaijin, how many days will you stay at home?" Liu Xu changed the subject.

"Three days at most. I've been gone for too long." Then Mu Lingxuan thought of the purpose of his visit and said, "If it's too late, I'll come back next time to get it."

When Liu Xu heard this, she suddenly remembered something and said, "Brother Huaijin, wait a moment. I'll be back soon."

Before he could finish his words, he had already put on his shoes and ran away.

After Liu Xu left, Han Duoduo remained silent like a clam.

"I heard that my master's wife has adopted Lord Zhongyi as her godfather. Do you plan to stay in Liujia Village in the future?" Mu Lingxuan looked at the junior sister in front of him, his voice as cold as ever.

"Ah?" Han Duoduo was stunned for a moment, then nodded: "Yes, that's what mother planned. Liujia Village is very good, and Grandpa Meng is here too."

"What about the estate in the villa?" His father took back most of the master's previous estate and gave it to his master's wife. However, in the past few years, except for the two years she spent in the Zhenguo Marquis Mansion, she has been living in seclusion in the mountains with Duoduo since she was six years old.

Those properties were also handed over to the few remaining slaves and disciples in the villa to manage, but some of them worked diligently, while others enriched themselves.

"Mom said she wanted to give those to my junior sister, and tell anyone else that she had sold them. We weren't making any money anyway." The stores she was talking about were owned by those ungrateful people who lined their own pockets.

Those who are loyal will be kept, and it will also give them a place to settle down. Their family used to have a lot of properties, but they were in other states. Now the junior sister is planning to develop outside, and those properties include farms and shops, which can help her save a lot.

"Yes!" the staff member said he understood.

However, he thought Liu Xu would not just take these things for free.

Just at this moment, Liu Xu came back again, holding paper, pen and a small wooden box.

Originally, Qiao Yun and the others could have gotten these things, but they had taken the kids out for a walk and had not returned yet, and Ruyi was too young, so she had to go get them herself.